βάκχος
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
Russian (Dvoretsky)
βάκχος: ὁ
1) жрец Вакха, вакхант Plat.: Ἃιδου β. Eur. одержимый Гадесом, т. е. лишившийся рассудка;
2) вино (κρατὴρ βάκχου Eur.; βάκχον ἐκπιών Anth.).
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: a fish, kind of κεστρεύς (Hicesios apud Ath. 306 e)
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: S. Thomson Fishes , Saint-Denis, Animaux marins and Strömberg Fischnamen 96.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
βάκχος -ου, ὁ bacchant (een volgeling van Dionysus) :. ναρθηκοφόροι μὲν πολλοί, βάκχοι δέ τε παῦροι er zijn veel thyrsusdragers, maar weinig bacchanten (spreekwoord, vgl. Ned. ‘velen worden geroepen, weinigen zijn uitverkoren’) Plat. Phaed. 69d.
